1716 in Norway

Events in the year 1716 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick IV.

Events

• Great Northern War:
• 8 March - King Charles XII of Sweden leads an invasion of Norway, crossing the border at Basmo, near the modern-day town of Marker.
• 9 March - Battle of Høland.
• April - The forces of Charles XII of Sweden briefly occupy Christiania.
• 4 July - Fredrikshald is set on fire by its inhabitants as to prevent the city being taken by the forces of King Charles XII.
• 8 July - Battle of Dynekilen.
• 24 February - Peter Jansen Wessel was ennobled, and given the noble family name Tordenskiold.

Arts and literature

Births

Deaths

• 19 February – Dorothe Engelbretsdotter, hymn and poem writer (born 1634).

Full date missing

• Sara Hammond, landowner and businesswoman (born 1672).

See also

References